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Projects worth ₹17 lakh crore in the pipeline under PPP: Govt
Government data released on Tuesday showed ₹417 lakh crore worth of 852 infrastructure projects are in the pipeline under the public private partnership (PPP).
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
THE 'FOREIGN HAND' THAT MADE INDIRA PARANOID
The abduction of Nicolás Maduro follows an old US playbook. Indira Gandhi worried of suffering a fate similar to that of Salvador Allende, who was removed in a CIA-backed coup in 1973
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Keeping up with Cloud Dancer
THE past year saw people craving for communities, connections, and calm.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Deepam row: HC slams TN, upholds single judge's order
RUBBISHING the Tamil Nadu government's apprehensions of possible disharmony due to lighting of the Karthigai Deepam on the 'deepathoon' atop the Thiruparankundram hill as nothing but an 'imaginary ghost' created by it 'to put one community against another', the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the Thiruparankundram Subramaniya Swamy temple devasthanam to light the lamp on the deepathoon during Karthigai Deepam festival.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Head, Smith tons put Oz in control
TRAVIS Head’s third century of the series and Steve Smith’s first guided Australia to a 134-run first-innings lead over England by stumps on the third day of the fifth and final Ashes Test.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
2 Punjabi-origin illegal Indian migrants held in US for cocaine trafficking
TWO illegal Punjabi-origin Indian migrants have been arrested in the United States for smuggling more than 309 pounds of cocaine in a semi-truck in Putnam County, Indiana, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
STRANGER THINGS
IN Subi Taba’s stories, bullets or the swing of a machete may killa tiger but it will live again.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘Identify reasons 1st, then solution': SC raps CAQM
\"HAVE you been able to identify the causes of pollution? During all these days, a lot of material is coming into the public domain, experts are writing articles, people are having opinions, they keep on sending to us on e-mail,\" the Supreme Court told the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Tuesday.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Kejriwal’s ‘shoot and scoot’ politics will not work in Delhi, says Ashish Sood
DELHI Education Minister Ashish Sood on Tuesday levelled serious allegations against former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of misleading the public and indulging in what he described as \"shoot and scoot\" politics.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Consider '1-time magnanimity' for Ashoka varsity prof: SC
Posts on Operation Sindoor triggered row
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
PUSHBACK BY RIL: Now, Don says Modi not that happy with him over US tariffs
A day after US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs if New Delhi continues to buy Russian oil, Reliance Industries on Tuesday vehemently denied a Bloomberg report that claimed that the Mukesh Ambani-led firm continues to import crude oil from Russia.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Urban women fight stigma on breastfeeding
BREASTFEEDING is essential for both mother and infant, but many urban women in India struggle with stigma and discomfort when doing it in public spaces, a latest study has found.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
ISL dribbles past 'paywall' to set Feb 14 date
FINALLY, after months of uncertainty, the Indian Super League is back on track and this time it seems to be with purpose.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Institutional inflows in realty hit $9 bn in 2025
AN year-end surge has pushed institutional investments into the domestic real estate sector to an all-time high of $8.5 billion in 2025, marking a 29% on-year-year growth, while domestic inflows stood at $4.8 billion.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Uber rides jump 26.5% in 2025 to 11.6 billion km
CALENDAR year 2025 was a record year for Uber in India, as the ride-hailing giant reported that its trips spanned over 11.6 billion kilometres, marking a 26.5% increase compared to 2024.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
SC warns against 'rich accused' assailing law
NOTING that the trend of rich accused challenging the validity of law must stop, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of a lawyer facing money laundering charges in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal challenging the validity of a provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
PLI-auto scheme needs rejig to boost India's vehicle exports: NITI Aayog
Scheme’s tilt toward EVs restricts participation
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Attempts made to destroy Indian languages have failed, says Pradhan
UNION Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said that education from preschool upto advanced research studies must be in Indian languages.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Knock vs Oz gave me different kind of self belief: DC captain
ON February 13, 2023 as four franchises fought for top allrounders and marquee players at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction, one franchise waited their time — Delhi Capitals.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Auto retail sales grew 15% in December, 7.71% in CY25
THE auto industry closed the calendar year 2025 on a strong note, with December retail sales growing nearly 15% year on year to 20,28,821 units, according to data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Tuesday.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Kyiv's allies meet in Paris on security guarantees
KEY European allies of Ukraine and top US envoys met in Paris on Tuesday and were expected to announce Washington would lead ceasefire monitoring if a peace deal is reached to end Russia's war against its neighbour.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Another Hindu man killed in B'desh, second in 24 hours
A 40-year-old Hindu man was allegedly killed in Bangladesh on Monday night after unidentified attackers struck him with sharp weapons in the second such incident involving a Hindu businessman in the country within 24 hours, police and local media said.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Assembly passes amendment for full refund of court fees
THE Delhi Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment to the Court Fees Act, 1870, providing relief to scores eligible litigants who will now be able to get a full refund of court fees in out-of-court settlements.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
China bans export of dual-use goods to Japan
CHINA on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan, a self-ruled island Beijing claims as its sovereign territory.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
High Court seeks Centre response on empanelled lawyers' matter
THE Delhi HC on Tuesday directed the central government to file its reply to a plea alleging that some of the 650 lawyers empanelled to represent the Union of India before the Supreme Court have not cleared the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), a mandatory requirement to practise law in India.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Notice issued on petition against Turkman Gate encroachment removal
THE Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the government and other authorities on a plea challenging an order issued by authorities concerned to remove alleged encroachments from a land adjoining the Syed Faiz Elahi mosque and graveyard at Turkman Gate in the national capital.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Ind-Ra sees GDP easing to 6.9%, rupee averaging at 92.26 next fiscal
FORECASTING a 7.4% economic expansion this fiscal, India Ratings sees the economy printing in 6.9% next fiscal, buoyed by domestic reforms that will help it tide over the global headwinds, especially those arising from steep 50% tariffs in exports to the US, along with the falling rupee, which it sees averaging around 92.26.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
‘DMK, INDIA bloc exposed as anti-Hindu'
UNION Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday welcomed the Madras High Court order on lighting of lamp on the 'deepathoon' atop the Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai and mounted a sharp attack on the DMK and INDIA bloc, claiming they had been exposed as anti-Hindu.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
HC asks chief secy to appear over water contamination
COMING down heavily on the Madhya Pradesh government over deaths caused by contaminated water in Indore, the High Court on Tuesday said the incident had hurt the city's reputation as India's cleanest city and made it infamous for supplying poisonous water.
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January 07, 2026
The Morning Standard
Generic drugs as effective as branded ones priced 14 times higher: Study
WHEN it comes to medicines, a higher price tag doesn't mean better quality.
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